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Republic of Latvia

Cabinet
Regulation No. 217
Adopted 27 March 2012

Regulations Regarding the National Inventory System of Greenhouse Gas Emission Units

Issued pursuant to
Section 6, Paragraph three of the
Law On Participation of the Republic of Latvia
in the Flexible Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol

I. General Provisions

1. This Regulation prescribes:

1.1. the procedures for establishment and maintenance of the national inventory system of greenhouse gas emission units (hereinafter - National Inventory System);

1.2. the procedures and activities for quality assurance and quality control of inventory; and

1.3. the notification procedures in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereinafter - Convention) and the Kyoto Protocol, including the procedures for preparation, evaluation, approval and sending of a report.

2. The following terms are used in this Regulation:

2.1. activity data - data regarding activities, which cause emissions or carbon sequestration in a specific period of time (for example, from the use of energy resources, the quantity of the steel produced, the quantity of the bitumen used, land areas, manure management systems, utilisation of lime and mineral fertilisers, waste generation);

2.2. emission factor - a value that determines the quantity of emission or carbon sequestration per one unit of activity;

2.3. inventory - a set of activities in order to prepare the National Inventory Report on anthropogenic direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration, as well as to compile data on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in the Common Standardised Reporting Format according to Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;

2.4. National Inventory Report - an aggregation of information regarding estimates of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration, uncertainties thereof, the emissions factors, basic data and assumptions used, as well as the institutions involved;

2.5. uncertainty (certainty) - lack of knowledge regarding the true value of the variable parameter, which may be expressed as the proportion of probability characterised, in turn, by the potential range and probability of the value of the parameter; and

2.6. primary sources - the priority category of the National Inventory System, the most essential sources of carbon sequestration and emissions (for example, carbon sequestration from forest lands, carbon dioxide emissions from the incineration of natural gas). Primary sources are expressed by the absolute values of emissions and carbon sequestration, time series or uncertainties.

II. National Inventory System

3. The National Inventory System shall be formed by:

3.1. the responsible ministries - the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Economics;

3.2. the institutions, which provide activity data - the State limited liability company "Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre" (hereinafter - Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre), the Central Statistical Bureau, the Latvian State Forestry Research Institute "Silava", the Latvia University of Agriculture, the State Fire and Rescue Service, the State Agency of Medicines, the State stock company "Road Traffic Safety Directorate" and merchants, which conform to the industrial production codes referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation (hereinafter - PRODCOM codes); and

3.3. the institutions, which calculate emissions - the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre, the Latvian State Forestry Research Institute "Silava", the Latvia University of Agriculture and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development.

4. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall:

4.1. perfect the National Inventory System and co-ordinate the activities of the institutions referred to in Paragraph 3 of this Regulation in preparation of inventory;

4.2. compile the national greenhouse gas emissions data in the Common Standardised Reporting Format according to the approved Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;

4.3. compile the National Inventory Report according to the reporting guidelines, which have been approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention by Decisions 18/CP.8, 14/CP.11, 15CMP/1 and the Kyoto Protocol. In accordance with these Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the National Inventory Report shall be prepared in English. It shall include:

4.3.1. information regarding greenhouse gas emissions and estimates thereof from 1990 until the year before the previous calendar year (x - 2), as well as regarding any changes in the previous inventories;

4.3.2. descriptions, references and sources of information regarding specific methodologies, assumptions, emission factors and activity data;

4.3.3. a description of primary sources;

4.3.4. information regarding estimates of uncertainties;

4.3.5. information regarding quality assurance and quality control procedures;

4.3.6. a description of the National Inventory System and a description of the changes therein;

4.3.7. information regarding the activities specified in Article 3(14), Articles 6, 12 and 17 of the Kyoto Protocol;

4.4. compile information regarding priority indicators and priority additional indicators in compliance with the form specified by the European Commission;

4.5. prepare and compile an inventory improvement plan, complying with the results of the checks performed and the recommendations and proposals of the group of experts of the institutions involved in the preparation of the inventory and of the Convention Secretariat, as well as send the prepared inventory improvement plan to the institutions involved in inventory for co-ordination and approval;

4.6. establish a centralised site of information for documentation, as well as quality assurance and quality control activities;

4.7. archive the data of the National Inventory Report and greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration; and

4.8. invite experts in the determination of emission factors and the parameters specific for the conditions of Latvia.

5. Each year by 1 December the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre shall submit the following to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development for the fulfilment of the tasks referred to in Sub-paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3 of this Regulation:

5.1. estimates of greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with Annex 2 to this Regulation and the guidelines, which have been developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and approved accordingly by Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (the guidelines are available in electronic form in the website of the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre):

5.1.1. the revised 1996 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (hereinafter - 1996 IPCC);

5.1.2. the 2000 Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (hereinafter - 2000 GPG);

5.2. greenhouse gas emissions data in relation to energy sector, sectors of industrial processes, use of solvents and other products and waste management sector, compiled in the Common Standardised Reporting Format according to the approved Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;

5.3. the National Inventory Report in English in relation to energy sector, sectors of industrial processes, use of solvents and other products and waste management sector according to the reporting guidelines approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention by Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 and the Kyoto Protocol, including therein:

5.3.1. information regarding greenhouse gas emissions and estimates thereof from 1990 until the year before the previous calendar year (x - 2), as well as regarding any changes in the previous inventories;

5.3.2. descriptions, references and sources of information regarding specific methodologies, assumptions, emission factors and activity data when calculating greenhouse gas emissions;

5.3.3. a description of primary sources;

5.3.4. information regarding uncertainty estimates, activity data and used emissions factors;

5.3.5. information regarding quality assurance and quality control procedures;

5.3.6. information from the Register of Greenhouse Gas Emission Units regarding changes in the infrastructure thereof, regarding discrepancies with the central server of the International Emission Trading, regarding activities involving greenhouse gas emission units, regarding notifications and warnings of the Convention Secretariat, regarding substitution of greenhouse gas emission units and calculations of the commitment period reserve; and

5.4. information regarding priority indicators and priority additional indicators according to the form specified by the European Commission.

6. Each year the following information shall be submitted to the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre for the fulfilment of the tasks referred to in Sub-paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3 of this Regulation:

6.1. by 1 October of the current year the Central Statistical Bureau shall submit:

6.1.1. the information specified in Annex 2, Tables 1 and 2 of this Regulation regarding activity data and descriptions thereof;

6.1.2. an energy balance, which has been prepared in compliance with the report inquiry form developed by the Statistical Office of the European Communities;

6.2. by 1 October of the current year merchants, which are engaged in manufacture of cement (PRODCOM 2007 code 26.51), manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys (PRODCOM 2007 code 27.10), import, transportation, storage and selling of natural gas, production and use of biogas and electricity supply, shall submit the information referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation regarding:

6.2.1. activity data;

6.2.2. estimates of greenhouse gas emissions and descriptions thereof;

6.3. by 1 December of the current year the merchants, which import, transport, store and sell natural gas, shall submit the mean data of 11 months of the current year in accordance with Annex 1, Tables 3 and 4 of this Regulation; and

6.4. by 1 October of the current year the Ministry of Health in co-operation with the State Agency of Medicines shall submit the information specified in Annex 3 to this Regulation regarding activity data.

7. Each year by 1 December the following information shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development for the fulfilment of the tasks referred to in Sub-paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3 of this Regulation:

7.1. the Latvian State Forestry Research Institute "Silava", after electronic co-ordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, shall submit:

7.1.1. estimates of carbon sequestration and direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions for land use, land-use change and forestry, taking into account the information referred to in Annex 2 to this Regulation and the 2003 Good Practice Guidance or Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (hereinafter - GPG LULUCF 2003) in compliance with the approved Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention. Estimates shall be compiled in electronic form in the Common Standardised Reporting Format according to the approved Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Sector 5 of the Common Standardised Reporting Format);

7.1.2. descriptions of estimates of carbon sequestration and direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions in relation to land use, land-use change and forestry sector, taking into account the information indicated in Annex 2 to this Regulation, the reporting guidelines, which have been approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention with Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 and the Kyoto Protocol (Sector 5 of the Common Standardised Reporting Format);

7.1.3. information regarding the activities specified in Article 3(3) and (4) of the Kyoto Protocol, taking into account the GPG LULUCF 2003 and the Kyoto Protocol Reference Manual on Accounting of Emissions and Assigned Amount and compiling information in the Common Standardised Reporting Format according to Decisions 15/CP.10, 16/CMP.1, 17/CMP.1, 15/CMP.1, 6/CMP.3 approved by the Convention and the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol;

7.2. the Latvia University of Agriculture, after electronic co-ordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, shall submit:

7.2.1. estimates regarding the sector of agriculture, taking into account the information referred to in Annex 2 to this Regulation and the 1996 IPCC, the 200 GPG, the GPG LULUCF 2003 guidelines. Estimates shall be compiled in electronic form in the Common Standardised Reporting Format according to the approved Decision 18/CP.8 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Sector 4 of the Common Standardised Reporting Format);

7.2.2. descriptions of estimates of emissions, taking into account the reporting guidelines, which have been approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention with Decision 18/CP.8;

7.3. the State Fire and Rescue Service shall submit the information specified in Table 1, Section 5(V) of Annex 2 to this Regulation regarding activity data; and

7.4. the institutions referred to in Sub-paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3 of this Regulation, according to the competence specified in regulatory enactments, shall submit information regarding potential uncertainties of activity data and greenhouse gas emissions (in per cent).

III. Procedures and Activities for Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the Inventory

8. A quality assurance and quality control programme (Annex 4) shall ensure the conformity of inventory with the quality standards of the Convention and is binding to all the institutions referred to in Sub-paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3 of this Regulation.

9. The quality assurance and quality control programme shall include information regarding:

9.1. the general objectives specified for the inventory;

9.2. performance of specific works;

9.3. a quality assurance and quality control plan, which includes:

9.3.1. quality control procedures;

9.3.2. quality assurance procedures;

9.3.3. documentation and archiving procedures;

9.3.4. responsibilities and a time schedule for introduction of quality assurance and quality control procedures;

9.3.5. an inventory improvement plan, which includes:

9.3.5.1. an evaluation of achievement of specific quality objectives;

9.3.5.2. an evaluation of introduction of internal improvement plans;

9.3.5.3. information regarding the results of quality assurance and quality control procedures;

9.3.5.4. information regarding the results of examinations performed by the Convention Secretariat.

10. The quality assurance and quality control programme shall be updated not less than once in five years.

11. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall monitor and co-ordinate the quality assurance and quality control of inventory, the operation of the National Inventory System and the efficiency thereof.

12. Each year by 30 June the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in co-operation with the institutions referred to in Paragraph 3 of this Regulation shall organise a meeting regarding the progress of inventory, in which problems, the methods used in estimates, the quality assurance and quality control plan, the necessary improvements and other issues are analysed.

13. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall ensure involvement of a third party in the quality assessment of the inventory, including the National Inventory Report and data on direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (which have been compiled in the Common Standardised Reporting Format), in accordance with the procedures specified in Annexes 4 and 5 to this Regulation.

IV. Reporting Procedures in Accordance with the Requirements of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol

14. Each year by 15 January the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall insert the following electronically in the central data repository of the European Environment Agency (and notify the European Commission thereof):

14.1. the initial national greenhouse gas emissions data compiled in the Common Standardised Reporting Format in compliance with Decisions 18/CP.8 and 14/CP.11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; and

14.2. the initial National Inventory Report, which contains information from 1990 until the year before the previous calendar year (x - 2).

15. Within two working days after receipt of evaluation of the European Commission on the greenhouse gas emissions data and the initial National Inventory Report, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall electronically send it to the institutions referred to in Paragraph 3 of this Regulation. The institutions referred to in Paragraph 3 of this Regulation shall, within five working days after receipt of information, electronically submit proposals to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development for the improvement of the greenhouse gas emissions data and the initial National Inventory Report.

16. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall establish a monitoring committee for the co-ordination of the greenhouse gas inventory (the National Inventory Report and emissions data), including therein representatives from the institutions referred to in Paragraph 3 of this Regulation.

17. Each year by 30 January the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall send a draft National Inventory Report, which has been prepared according to the conditions referred to Sub-paragraph 4.3 of this Regulation, to the institutions referred to in Paragraph 3 of this Regulation and to the greenhouse gas emissions monitoring committee. The institutions referred to in Paragraph 3 of this Regulation and the greenhouse gas emissions monitoring committee shall, within 20 days after receipt of the draft National Inventory Report, submit an opinion on the draft National Inventory Report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development.

18. Taking into account the evaluation of the European Commission regarding direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions data and the initial National Inventory Report, as well as the proposals and opinions referred to in Paragraphs 15 and 17 of this Regulation, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall update the National Inventory Report and the direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions data.

19. Each year by 15 March the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall submit the National Inventory Report and the recalculated direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions data to the European Commission, as well as notify the European Environment Agency electronically regarding insertion of information and data in the central data repository of the European Environment Agency.

20. Each year by 15 April the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall insert electronically the greenhouse gas emissions data in the central data repository of the European Environment Agency. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall submit the National Inventory Report and the recalculated direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions data to the Convention Secretariat and notify the European Commission and the European Environment Agency regarding insertion of information and data in the central data repository of the European Environment Agency.

21. If, in evaluating the National Inventory Report and the recalculated direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions data, the Convention Secretariat has objections or proposals, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall make the necessary adjustments within 14 days after receipt of the referred to evaluation and submit them to the Convention Secretariat.

22. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall publish the final version of the National Inventory Report and the greenhouse gas emissions data on the website of the Ministry.

V. Closing Provision

23. Cabinet Regulation No. 157 of 17 February 2009, Regulations Regarding the National Inventory System of Greenhouse Gas Emission Units (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2009, No. 30), is repealed.

Prime Minister V. Dombrovskis

Minister for Environmental Protection
and Regional Development E. Sprūdžs

 


Translation © 2013 Valsts valodas centrs (State Language Centre)

 
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Title: Noteikumi par siltumnīcefekta gāzu emisijas vienību inventarizācijas nacionālo sistēmu Status:
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Issuer: Cabinet of Ministers Type: regulation Document number: 217Adoption: 27.03.2012.Entry into force: 31.03.2012.End of validity: 06.12.2017.Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 52, 30.03.2012.
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